China's outbound direct investment in the non-financial sector gained by 20 percent from a year earlier to $50.6 billion during the first seven months of the year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The nation's ODI flowing into Japan from January to July dropped by 11.5 percent year-on-year, while the Chinese mainland's ODI to Hong Kong decreased by 5.3 percent.
During the first half, China's ODI in the non-financial sector in Japan declined by 9.1 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.
The NETDA Free Trade Zone got the original go-ahead, on Jan 3, 2013, from the State Council, for a 5.29-sq-km area, in two parts.
Suzhou-Nantong science & technology industrial park
Equipment manufacturing industrial park
Urban-rural commercial zone
Nengda central business district
New materials industrial park
Medical treatment & health industrial park
Sci-tech industrial park
Precision machinery industrial park